Colonel Steven Landecker, A.N.S.A.
STRENGTH: 9
CONSTITUTION: 9
DEXTERITY: 18
INTELLIGENCE: 12
CHARISMA: 7
PSIONICS: 9
As you can see, the Colonel isn't the toughest guy around, but he's definitely quick and agile. That should come in useful. His Charisma is a bit low, so I guess he's not the most personable fellow around. Maybe that's why ANSA sent him on this solo scouting mission.
Next I have to decide what the theme of this adventure is. Since I know it begins with Landecker waking up in his ship, crashed on an unknown planet, the initial theme will be; "Find out where I am."
So we set up the first scene, which will mostly be investigating our immediate surroundings. Using Mythic to answer some general questions, we get the following;
Waking up in the pilot seat of his ship, Colonel Landecker looks out the window and sees blue skies. Clearly he isn't in space anymore. Climbing out of his seat he takes a closer look. He finds that his ship has crash landed in the water near a coastline. To the south and west the water stretches as far as he can see. To the north and east, about half a mile from his ship is sandy beaches. Beyond the beaches he can see brown rocky cliffs. There is no sign of life anywhere.
His ship is not sinking at the moment, so he has some time to take stock of the situation. There's no power in the ship, so he can't activate the transmitter to try to contact anyone. Checking the computer, to see the flight data and figure out his position, he finds that it's smashed beyond repair. During the crash landing part of a bulkhead gave loose and crushed it. The flight recorder data is lost.
Seeing that there's nothing more he can learn from here, Landrcker decides to head for the beach and see what he can find there. He inflates his raft and gathers his equipment, which consists of the following;
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| The map so far. X marks the crash location. |
His ship is not sinking at the moment, so he has some time to take stock of the situation. There's no power in the ship, so he can't activate the transmitter to try to contact anyone. Checking the computer, to see the flight data and figure out his position, he finds that it's smashed beyond repair. During the crash landing part of a bulkhead gave loose and crushed it. The flight recorder data is lost.
Seeing that there's nothing more he can learn from here, Landrcker decides to head for the beach and see what he can find there. He inflates his raft and gathers his equipment, which consists of the following;
Pistol (with 16 rounds in 2 clips)
Knife, large
Backpack.
Blanket, Space
Canteen (gallon)
Medkit
Raft, Inflatable (and motor)
Transmitter
Rations (5 days)
But there's a problem. Mythic recommends that when setting up a first scene from scratch, add one random event to add flavor. Unfortunately I got a "PC Negative" event, which means something bad happens to the affected character. Then for the "Action" and "Subject" I initially got Intolerance of Trials.
Now, if there were multiple PC's, I could work with this... I'd interpret it that Landecker is losing patience with one of his fellow crewmen because of the 'trials' he feels they're putting him through. Perhaps he blamed them for the crash. Either way, it would lead to conflict.
But... There are no other PC's, so this result is no good. I decide to reroll and get Negligence of Possessions. Now, this one hurts, because I interpret it as, he loses his equipment. While he's getting his raft ready he lays the backpack, full of everything else, on the side of the ship. When he reaches back to get it the ship rocks in the water, and the backpack slides off the side and into the deep.
"Well, that's just great," Landecker thinks. "No food, no water, no anything. I'd better find some soon." With that, he gets in the raft and heads north, towards the shore.
So that ends our first scene. It was a short one, but worked as an intro. Updating the Mythic adventure log, I add a new theme, Find food, water and shelter and also update the Chaos Factor to 6. I think losing all his survival gear is a bad enough thing to justify that.
So, stay tuned for our next exciting scene on Ape World. Will Landecker find food and water? Will he encounter any life or civilization? I don't know any more than you do, so we'll find out together!
Now, if there were multiple PC's, I could work with this... I'd interpret it that Landecker is losing patience with one of his fellow crewmen because of the 'trials' he feels they're putting him through. Perhaps he blamed them for the crash. Either way, it would lead to conflict.
But... There are no other PC's, so this result is no good. I decide to reroll and get Negligence of Possessions. Now, this one hurts, because I interpret it as, he loses his equipment. While he's getting his raft ready he lays the backpack, full of everything else, on the side of the ship. When he reaches back to get it the ship rocks in the water, and the backpack slides off the side and into the deep.
"Well, that's just great," Landecker thinks. "No food, no water, no anything. I'd better find some soon." With that, he gets in the raft and heads north, towards the shore.
So that ends our first scene. It was a short one, but worked as an intro. Updating the Mythic adventure log, I add a new theme, Find food, water and shelter and also update the Chaos Factor to 6. I think losing all his survival gear is a bad enough thing to justify that.
So, stay tuned for our next exciting scene on Ape World. Will Landecker find food and water? Will he encounter any life or civilization? I don't know any more than you do, so we'll find out together!
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